DHL Express

DHL ( Dalsey, Hillblom, Lynn ) is a was established in 1969 by Adrian Dalsey, Larry Hillblom and Robert Lynn letter and parcel express service, which as DHL International GmbH belongs to the Group of Deutsche Post AG since 2002. The name derives from the initials of the surnames of the company founders.

The company employs over 285,000 employees in more than 220 countries and territories, is the global market leader in air and ocean freight and the world's top-selling logistics companies.

History

The three founders brought freight documents of ships personally by plane from San Francisco to Honolulu. The clearance of the respective cargoes could thus begin before the actual arrival of the ships. The business idea to send the documents accompanying the goods before the actual transportation of goods, established the success of this express service. DHL operates under the name of European Air Transport Leipzig a previously operated by DHL Worldwide Express own cargo airline based in Schkeuditz.

2002 DHL Worldwide Express was taken over and with it the DHL Aviation by Deutsche Post AG. Under the name of DHL Aviation DHL continues to maintain a subsidiary based in Brussels that provides adequate air transport capacity and has subsidiaries such as DHL Air UK in England or DHL Aero Expreso the South America.

After 1999, the German post office had already taken over the majority of shares of the forwarding group Danzas, as part of a re- branding ( " 3D Integration" ), the three brands DHL Worldwide Express, German Post Euro Express and Danzas were combined into a common brand of DHL Express. The original wine-red logo on white ground of the former DHL Worldwide Express became a bright red logo on a yellow background, with a different angle and thinner stripes to match the corporate design of the Deutsche Post.

Since 2004, the international business mail of Deutsche Post DHL Global Mail as occurs, making it the fifth division under the yellow and red DHL logo.

In the summer of 2008, DHL made ​​in the USA for headlines with the intention of her deficient air transportation business in the United States to the competitor UPS, wanting with its subsidiary UPS Airlines, assign. This came DHL and its parent company, the German Post AG, 2008, in the U.S. presidential election campaign. At least 10,000 jobs, especially in the state of Ohio, were on the brink.

DHL is currently the only parcel that can use for pickup and delivery of shipments packing stations.

Group structure

In 2008, the European air freight hub from Brussels- Zaventem airport to Leipzig / Halle Airport was relocated. In 2010, the cargo airline European Air Transport Leipzig based in Schkeuditz on the operation. It makes the lion's share of outbound from Leipzig / Halle Airport DHL cargo flights. Part of emanating from the Leipzig / Halle airport DHL long-haul flights accepts Since 2009 the freight Aerologic founded together with Lufthansa Cargo.

The entire freight and express business of Deutsche Post is now operated under the umbrella name DHL. With the acquisition of UK logistics provider Exel in 2005 also changed the internal structure of DHL. There are three divisions, these are:

• DHL Express ( courier and express services in the Asia-Pacific region, Europe, EEMEA, international express services in the U.S.)
• DHL Global Forwarding / DHL Freight (air and ocean freight business, formerly DHL Danzas Air & Ocean, overland transport business)
• DHL Supply Chain ( business logistics solutions for major clients - supply chain management, contract logistics, etc.)

DHL parcel ( parcel services in Germany ) and Global Mail ( cross-border mail cargo, mail services in domestic markets outside Germany ) are organisationally mail division.

Meanwhile DHL is represented by 35 permanent establishments, 20,000 branches and points of sale, 2500 DHL Packstation DHL parcel boxes and 1,000 in Germany.

Supported Projects

Since 2003, DHL supports the Surf Life Saving Australia, since 2006, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ( OCHA), with Disaster Response Teams on logistical processing of aid in the determination airports. The partnership with the United Nations also includes the training program " Get Airports Ready for Disaster " ( GARD ). It was launched together with the Development Programme (UNDP ) in 2009 and prepares the airport staff and employees of Civil Protection authorities on the logistical challenges from a disaster before.

In education, the promotion is for several years a partnership with Teach For All and with the SOS Children's Villages.

Climate

By 2020, the CO2 efficiency for its own transport services and the subcontractors compared to 2007 is to be improved by 30 percent.

Criticism

The ZDF WISO magazine reported in its mission of 31 October 2011 from wage dumping or from unilaterally disadvantageous for the delivery payment systems. Due to unreasonably high workload, the delivery will be forced to long working hours of up to 14 hours a day. As is usual with any other parcel service, DHL forgives a portion of its notification to Subcontractor ( " Service Provider "). This, in turn, employ some " independent " deliverer. In some large cities such as Munich, this now leads to significant losses related to the delivery, the packages must be picked up by the receivers on a regular basis in the branches.

In 2011, the journalist Reinhard Schadler three weeks Undercover 45 min worked for an NDR documentation package as a slave in the series under a pseudonym for a service partner of DHL in Hamburg. The film exerts massive criticism of the employment of the deliverer. According to the impact Issue 45 min: Still exploited - The package slaves DHL separated from the subcontractor March 31, 2012 for the respective districts in Hamburg.

Sponsoring

DHL was active from 15 October 2005 to the year 2008 as the main sponsor for the products developed by Porsche and Penske Racing in the American Le Mans Series LMP2 prototype used RS Spyder. The car is completely in DHL yellow, which is identical with the Penske Corporation and yellow, and is provided with a full advertising. In addition, the subsidiary of Deutsche Post for the entire 2006 racing season has been the main sponsor of Penske Motorsports.

Since 2007, DHL main sponsor of Formula 1 is the sponsorship deal ended after the 2009 season. Since the fastest drivers will be rewarded with the DHL Fastest Lap Trophy. Winner will be the driver who drove the most fastest laps at the end of the season. Previously, it was already between 2000 and 2002 has been the main sponsor of the Jordan teams in Formula 1 DHL also was the main sponsor of the Formula 1 race Turkey 2011.

Since the season 2011/ 12 of the English football club Manchester United carries on the workout clothes the DHL logo and receives up to 2015 about 45 million euros.